Staff members of Don Pablo's on Miller Road in Flint Township wait outside the restaurant as firefighters finish putting out a fire Friday evening. Smoke began to fill the dining room after a cigarette butt ignited a small fire inside an exterior wall. No injuries were reported.

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Michigan — A small fire at Don Pablo's restaurant has closed the Tex-Mex eatery for at least the night.

The restaurant was full of customers when the fire started around 7:40 p.m., said Melanie Gay of Flint, who works at the restaurant as a trainer.

"We had a full house," said Gay, 50. "We had a wait...We just evacuated the building and people said 'Well we haven't eaten yet,' but we said 'We have to go.'"

The fire started outside the building where a cigarette butt lit some brush on fire and damaged a wall near the restaurant entrance, said manager Jesse Kurzyniec.

There were no injuries in the fire.

Flint Township Fire Sgt. Jason McClanahan said smoke moved up through the burning wall and filled the attic.